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"Mikael Osterhed" <moster_no_spam_67_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:tZqh9.1857$Av4.37051_at_twister2.libero.it...
> Hi, I just wanna ask you a question which I think many of us are not aware
> of and which might be of interest to many of us visitors here at
> comp.databases.oracle.misc
>
> "What's behind the scene in a database ?" and what makes Oracle the
> prime-choice..
>
> Most of us are used to have Oracle installed and most of our tasks are to
> administrate it and write queries to interrogate the data it is storing
for
> us. However I am also a programmer (Visual Basic - yes I know...but it is
> fast and time is money for most companies) and I have always wondered
"what
> is the source-code like for a (any) database. With help of SQL I am able
to
> interrogate, let loose scripts etc but what does a database do with my
> SQL-statements internally. I guess it receives my statements and then
> treat/translate these through its calls and functions. Someone told me
that
> writing a database, I mean a database from scratch, is one of the most
> difficult things a programmer can do..
>
> Anyone who can "educate" me in regard to my above mentioned enquires or
> share a link where I can read about it ?
>
> And what about XML ? Will XML change the way are using a database today ?
>
> Rgds,
>
> Mike
>
>
Received on Thu Sep 19 2002 - 14:58:50 CDT
